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Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project - Faray

Application Submitted28.8 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 27 October 2022

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
28.8 MW
Status
Application Submitted (Planning Application Submitted)
Operator or applicant
Orkney Islands Council
Location
Island Of Faray, Orkeny, Orkney Islands, KW17, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Orkney Islands
Planning application
21/240/TPPMAJ
Turbines
6, 149.9 m to tip

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  • 25 June 2021 Planning application submitted

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The register holds 54 incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, 22 of them fires, and 297 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

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